Rs 2.5L found at ATM in Chennai, returned to owner

CHENNAI: A man who came to withdraw cash from an ATM on Nungambakkam High Road on Thursday was surprised to find a bag containing 2.5 lakh and alerted the police control room.

The Thousand Lights police, who were immediately informed, traced the rightful owner with the help of the CCTV camera in the ATM booth and handed over the money on Friday evening.

Around 5pm on Thursday, Y Pradeep of Velachery, who works in a media firm on Anna Sala, came to withdraw money from the ATM and noticed a bag containing cash. After he alerted the control room, the Thousand Lights police recovered the cash and launched a search for the owner. When nobody came to claim the cash, police obtained the CCTV footage with the help the ATM officials and traced the address of the owner to Kodambakkam.

"We managed to trace him with the help of the transaction made at the time. We verified his name and address and handed over the cash," said Thousand Lights inspector Gunavarman.

The owner told police he couldn't recall where he had kept the money and searched at different places. Joint Commissioner of Police ( East) S N Seshasai praised Pradeep and gave him a cash reward.